Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

  1. Metamorphic Textures and Structures
    1. Foliated Textures
      1. Slaty Cleavage
        1. Formation Mechanisms
          1. Mineral Alignment
            1. Relationship to Bedding
            2. Phyllitic Texture
              1. Characteristics
                1. Mineral Assemblages
                2. Schistosity
                  1. Development
                    1. Mineral Segregation
                      1. Types of Schistosity
                      2. Gneissic Banding
                        1. Formation Processes
                          1. Compositional Banding
                            1. Migmatitic Banding
                            2. Crenulation Cleavage
                              1. Formation Mechanisms
                                1. Microstructures
                                  1. Overprinting Relations
                                2. Non-foliated Textures
                                  1. Granoblastic Texture
                                    1. Characteristics
                                      1. Formation Conditions
                                      2. Hornfelsic Texture
                                        1. Contact Metamorphic Origin
                                          1. Mineral Characteristics
                                          2. Mosaic Texture
                                            1. Grain Boundary Characteristics
                                              1. Equilibrium Textures
                                              2. Decussate Texture
                                                1. Random Orientation
                                                  1. Formation Conditions
                                                2. Porphyroblastic Textures
                                                  1. Porphyroblast Development
                                                    1. Growth Mechanisms
                                                      1. Nucleation and Growth
                                                      2. Common Porphyroblastic Minerals
                                                        1. Garnet
                                                          1. Staurolite
                                                            1. Andalusite
                                                              1. Cordierite
                                                                1. Albite
                                                                2. Poikiloblastic Texture
                                                                  1. Inclusion Patterns
                                                                    1. Growth History
                                                                    2. Timing Relations
                                                                      1. Pre-tectonic Growth
                                                                        1. Syn-tectonic Growth
                                                                          1. Post-tectonic Growth
                                                                        2. Relict and Pseudomorphic Textures
                                                                          1. Preservation Mechanisms
                                                                            1. Common Examples
                                                                              1. Recognition Criteria
                                                                              2. Deformation Textures
                                                                                1. Lineations
                                                                                  1. Mineral Lineation
                                                                                    1. Stretching Lineation
                                                                                      1. Intersection Lineation
                                                                                      2. Fold Structures
                                                                                        1. Fold Types
                                                                                          1. Fold Mechanisms
                                                                                          2. Shear Zone Textures
                                                                                            1. Mylonitic Textures
                                                                                              1. S-C Fabrics
                                                                                                1. Shear Sense Indicators
                                                                                              2. Reaction Textures
                                                                                                1. Corona Textures
                                                                                                  1. Formation Mechanisms
                                                                                                    1. Mineral Sequences
                                                                                                    2. Symplectite Textures
                                                                                                      1. Characteristics
                                                                                                        1. Formation Processes
                                                                                                        2. Replacement Textures
                                                                                                          1. Pseudomorphism
                                                                                                            1. Metasomatism

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